Sharing My Love of Decorating

My name is Jackie and I am addicted to home decorating.  As a child I used to drive my parents nuts by rearranging the furniture in my room all the time.  Since I branched out on my own I have sought to transform every place I have lived.  I started small with a dorm room and a bedroom in a college house.  I have since decorated two town-homes and I am currently working on our first single-family home.

I have been writing this blog in my head for years and I am finally putting it in print.  Maybe it is just the pie-in-the-sky dream that someday I could be the next Design Star with a TV show to share all my ideas or maybe it is just an escape from my real-life boring job, but I simply cannot help myself.  I believe you have to do what you love and you have to share what you love doing with others.  I often “joke” that I only work to support my decorating habits.  The truth in that joke is I would go crazy if I could not spend my hard-earned money on beautiful things for my home.  I am chock-full of endless decorating ideas and I hope you will keep reading and learning along with me.  I promise to share all the juicy details of every project, so that you might be prepared and inspired to take on a similar project.

Why Teal & Lime?

My love affair with all things teal and turquoise began over 5 years ago during my first kitchen remodel. I wanted a fresh and unexpected paint color for the walls. Lately I had been addicted to a long-sleeve turquoise t-shirt that, at least to me, looked fabulous with everything. I always felt great in in it. If I loved it so much in my wardrobe I figured I would love it just as much in my kitchen. Sure enough I was happy to have my kitchen wear that color every day.  Oh, I still miss that kitchen.  But not to worry the color lives on.

Fast-forward to a few houses later and my go-to colors, teal and turquoise, continue as staples in my home decorating. As my tastes evolved those colors remained favorites. My husband loved them too. After a while though it started to get a little too teal… on teal… on teal… The search began for the prefect accent color. Orange was a bold option, but tricky to get just right and lacked long-lasting appeal for me.  Finally, in my current home I have fallen in love with splashes of lime green.  Just a touch here and there is perfect.  It started in my youngest son’s nursery.  I chose an amazing teal for his walls.  And happily discovered a fabric I designed previously looked stunning in the room.  The accent color in the fabric was lime green.  I rounded up a few lime green storage bins for toys.  Later when our family photographer chose lime to accent his newborn photo collage I knew it was meant to be.  Teal & Lime.